Well, the forecast was right so far - it is raining in the town this morning. There's also some strong winds blowing about especially higher up and at the moment Gala Yuzawa haven't yet opened due to those winds. Those winds might calm down later on this morning and if they do expect Gala to open again.

Better news from the Naeba region where the snow started falling a few hours ago and there is now up to 10cm of new snow to play in - hopefully that will continue through the day and we have seen the last of (annoying) rain for quite some time.

We still have snowmen lined up on tbe weekly forecast all the way through to next Friday and so things are looking good. Tomorrow we are still set for strong winds as well as snow which might affect resort lift operations.

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